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City of Westminster (6)
Yet more postcards of the City of Westminster. For other London Boroughs,
go to our London Home page.
London, Madame Tussaud's, Old Postcard
An early view of the Waxworks.
For more about London and the City of
Westminster, search the internet.
London, Albert Hall
"The Albert Hall, Kensington, capable of holding 8,000 persons, is the scene of
many great concerts and gatherings."
London, Albert Hall
The Albert Hall - a 1907 Postcard. I was surprised to discover that this building is in
the City of Westminster and not in Kensington and Chelsea as one would imagine.
London, Foreign Office
The Foreign Office - a postcard mailed in 1903.
London, Portland Place
Portland Place.
London, St John's Wood High Street
High Street, St John's Wood, London, Old Postcard
St John's Wood High Street - late 1950s or early 60s..........
...................and in the late 1930s ?
London, Victoria Street
Victoria Street in the 1900s.
The Law Courts, London, Vintage Postcard
An undated vignette of the Law Courts.
Middlesex Hospital
The Middlesex Hospital.
St James Park, London
The Duck Keeper's Cottage in St James' Park - that sounds like a nice little job !
Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale
Warwick Avenue, Maida Vale.
London, Westminster, Townsend House
Townsend House, Westminster.
Chepstow Villas, Bayswater
The garden of the Convent of Our Lady of Sion, Chepstow Villas, Bayswater.
Tate Gallery
The Tate Gallery on Millbank.
London, Lords Cricket Ground
Lords
Two views of Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood.
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London Westminster
Government Buildings - this is at the bottom of Whitehall, diagonally across from
Parliament and now I believe the War Office.
Westminster Aerial
An excellent aerial view of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
London Westminster Hospital
The Westminster Hospital which was demolished in 1950.
Serpentine, Hyde Park
The Serpentine in Hyde Park.
London, The Mall, Vintage Postcard
A view along the Mall, presumable from Admiralty Arch.
Did You Know............that the actor Alec
Guinness was born at 155 Lauderdale
Mansions South in Maida Vale in 1914 ?
Did You Also Know..........that Douglas Bader, the Second
World War Fighter Pilot, was born in St John's Wood ?
Bader lost both his legs in a plane crash at Woodley near
Reading, but continued flying with artificial limbs.
Langham Hotel, London
Langham Hotel, London
Two postcards of the Langham Hotel in Portland Place, just across from Broadcasting House.
"Kingsway - This magnificent modern thoroughfare extends from Holborn to the
Strand, and consists mainly of elegantly designed public and private offices. The
building at the far distance is Bush House, while that on the right is the famous
Holborn Restaurant. The tramway travels underneath Kingsway".
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London, Regent Street, Dickens and Jones
Dickens and Jones on Regent Street.
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Prince's Square, Bayswater
Prince's Square, Bayswater.
Grosvenor Square, London
Grosvenor Square.